Comparison

The Top Notch vs NewPipe Player

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Top Notch

Personalize your iPhone's notch with unique and stylish wallpapers. Choose from avant-garde, vintage, or lovely styles to make your device stand out. Enjoy simple operation and frequent updates with new templates.

Highlights
  • Original notch templates
  • Exquisite wallpaper polishing
  • Avant-garde, vintage, and lovely styles
  • Ear and city series wallpapers
  • Simple operation
  • Quick updates with new templates
Features
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Top Notch is a beautifying application of the iPhone's notch. 【Features】 1. Original template, exquisite polishing. Make your iPhone X notch free to personalize; 2. The choice of wallpapers is not vulgar. Style of avant-garde wind,vintage style and lovely wind; "Ear series" and "city series" are the classic ones, which are the "great love" of countless users. 3. Simple operation, easy to handle. 4. Update quickly and be enthusiastic. More updated and wonderful templates and wallpaper images have been included in the upcoming update plan. Hope that our enthusiasm can pass to you in this winter.When light the phone screen, smile could be the shortest distance between you and us. Thank you.

About

NewPipe Player

This app provides a seamless video watching experience with customizable playback options, including fit, crop, and stretch modes. Organize your content with playlists and manage your gallery efficiently. Enjoy features like lock controls, video looping, and theme switching.

Highlights
  • Customizable playback modes (fit, crop, stretch)
  • Speed controls
  • Playlist organization
  • Gallery browsing
  • Lock controls
  • Video looping
  • Theme switching
Features
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NewPipe transforms how you watch videos. With NewPipe, enjoy smooth playback, fit/crop/stretch modes, and speed controls. NewPipe lets you organize videos into playlists and browse your gallery effortlessly. Lock controls, loop videos, and switch themes with NewPipe's clean design. Your ultimate video companion.

Screenshots

The Top Notch4 screens
NewPipe Player3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NewPipe Player at Free against The Top Notch's $0.99. NewPipe Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). The Top Notch's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 2.9) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

NewPipe Player is free to download; The Top Notch costs $0.99 up front. The Top Notch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NewPipe Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Top Notch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 27 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Top Notch versus NewPipe Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Top NotchNewPipe Player
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (22 ratings) — better2.9 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2227 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZane Inc.HOWARD HARRY

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Top Notch

One-time1
  • unlock all templatesFree
None

NewPipe Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Top Notch free?
The Top Notch costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is NewPipe Player free?
NewPipe Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Top Notch or NewPipe Player?
The Top Notch is rated higher. The Top Notch averages 4.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while NewPipe Player averages 2.9 from 27 ratings.
Do The Top Notch or NewPipe Player have ads?
NewPipe Player shows ads; The Top Notch does not.

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